2023 Winners and Excellence Awardees

Wednesday 3 December 2025 | Old Billingsgate, London

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BRIDGING LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Together

Excellence Awardees

LendInvest
Market Financial Solutions
MT Finance
Octane Capital Ltd
Roma Finance
United Trust Bank

BROKER OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL AWARD)


Winner: Gindy Mathoon – Create Finance

Excellence Awardees

Jana Chetraru – BTJ Mortgages
Matthew Jackson – Mint FS
Rob Brookes – Mortgage Advice Bureau
Shazad Ahmed – Elan Property Finance
Stephen Kerr – Kerr & Watson


Winner: Lightfoots Solicitors

Excellence Awardees

Adlington Law
Blacks Solicitors
Goto Group
Optimus
SortRefer

EXCELLENCE IN PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY SERVICE


Winner: Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation

Excellence Awardees

BM Solutions
Yellow Brick Mortgages
Zurich

GI / PROTECTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Uinsure

Excellence Awardees

LV= GI
Paymentshield
Source Insurance
Zurich

INNOVATOR CHAMPION OF THE YEAR


Winner: Dale Jannels – One Mortgage System

Excellence Awardees

Claire McGirr – BLEND Loan Network Limited
Claire Smith – Mortgage Advice Bureau
Emma Cox – Shawbrook Bank
Justus Brown – Acre
Tanya Toumadj – Mortgage Broker Tools

LATER LIFE LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Pure Retirement

Excellence Awardees

Chorley Building Society
LiveMore
more2life
Standard Life Home Finance

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD


Winner: Robert Sinclair-The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries

RISING STAR (BROKER OR DISTRIBUTOR)


Winner: Jordanne Whiley MBE – Hearthstone Mortgages

Excellence Awardees

Ellie Reading – Mortgages for Business
Imogen Sporle – Finanze
Luke Williams – Pure Property Finance
Natalie McNamara – finova
Samuel Humphries-Burr – L&C Mortgages

RISING STAR (LENDERS AND SERVICE DISTRIBUTORS)


Winner: Heather Cara – BM Solutions

Excellence Awardees

Amy Brown – Barclays
Hannah Oades – United Trust Bank
Lucy Betts – MT Finance
Siobhan Barrett – Mortgage Advice Bureau

SECURED LOAN LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Together

Excellence Awardees

BLEND Loan Network Limited
Central Trust
Norton Home Loans
Pepper Money
United Trust Bank
West One Loans

THE BARCLAYS AWARD FOR BROKER FIRM OF THE YEAR (51+ ADVISERS)


Winner: Mortgage Advice Bureau

Excellence Awardees

Access Financial Services
L&C Mortgages
SPF Private Clients
Yellow Brick Mortgages

THE BLACKS SOLICITORS AWARD FOR SPECIALIST LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Market Financial Solutions

Excellence Awardees

Aldermore Bank
Buckinghamshire Building Society
Paragon Bank
Pepper Money
Shawbrook Bank
The Mortgage Lender
United Trust Bank

THE CENTRAL TRUST AWARD FOR SECURED LOAN BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Loan.co.uk

Excellence Awardees

Dragon Finance
Loans Warehouse
Norton Broker Services

THE CRYSTAL SPECIALIST FINANCE AWARD FOR MORTGAGE CLUB OF THE YEAR


Winner: SimplyBiz Mortgages

Excellence Awardees

finova
Paradigm
PMS
The Right DA Club Ltd
TMA

THE HAMPDEN & CO AWARD FOR LONDON BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: LDN Finance

Excellence Awardees

BTJ Mortgages
Private Finance Ltd
SPF Private Clients

THE HAMPSHIRE TRUST BANK AWARD FOR WOMAN OF DISTINCTION


Winner: Tanya Elmaz – Together

Excellence Awardees

Alison Houghton-Corfield – Master Private Finance
Claire Cherrington – Lloyds Banking Group
Clare Beardmore – Legal & General Mortgage Club
Elise Coole – Keystone Property Finance
Joanne Hollins – Metro Bank
Nicola Goldie – Aldermore Bank
Tracie Burton – HSBC UK

THE HSBC UK AWARD FOR BROKER FIRM OF THE YEAR (11 TO 50 ADVISERS)


Winner: Create Finance

Excellence Awardees

Meridian Mortgages
Mortgage 1st
Mortgages for Business
The Mortgage Mum
Threshold Financial Services Limited

THE LANDBAY AWARD FOR BUY-TO-LET BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: The Buy to Let Broker

Excellence Awardees

Amplo Mortgages & Financial Solutions
BTJ Mortgages
L&C Mortgages
Mortgage Advice Bureau
Mortgages for Business

THE LIGHTFOOTS SOLICITORS AWARD FOR BUY-TO-LET LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Quantum Mortgages

Excellence Awardees

BM Solutions
Foundation Home Loans
Hampshire Trust Bank
LANDBAY
LendInvest
Shawbrook Bank
The Mortgage Works

THE MORE2LIFE AWARD FOR LATER LIFE BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Equity Release Supermarket

Excellence Awardees

55Plus
Age Partnership
Mortgage Advice Bureau Later Life
The Later Life Lending Network Ltd
The Orchard Practice
UK Moneyman Ltd

THE MORTGAGE ADVICE BUREAU AWARD FOR MORTGAGE LENDER OF THE YEAR


Winner: HSBC UK

Excellence Awardees

Barclays
Family Building Society
Halifax Intermediaries
MPowered Mortgages
Nationwide for Intermediaries
Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries
Virgin Money

THE MORTGAGE LENDER AWARD FOR MORTGAGE DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR


Winner: Crystal Specialist Finance

Excellence Awardees

Connect for Intermediaries
impact Specialist Finance

THE OPTIMUS AWARD FOR BROKER FIRM OF THE YEAR (UP TO 10 ADVISERS)


Winner: When The Bank Says No

Excellence Awardees

H D CONSULTANTS
MB Associates
Our Mortgage Broker Limited
The Mortgage Dog
The Mortgage Quarter

THE SHAWBROOK BANK AWARD FOR SPECIALIST BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: Loan.co.uk

Excellence Awardees

Aria Finance
BTJ Mortgages
Crystal Specialist Finance
Finanze
Positive Lending

THE SOURCE INSURANCE UK AWARD FOR MORTGAGE NETWORK OF THE YEAR


Winner: Stonebridge

Excellence Awardees

HL Partnership
Mortgage Intelligence
PRIMIS Mortgage Network
Sesame
The Right Mortgage and Protection Network
TMG Mortgage Network

THE TOGETHER AWARD FOR BRIDGING BROKER OF THE YEAR


Winner: SPF Private Clients

Excellence Awardees

Aria Finance
Clever Lending
DNA Financial Solutions
Norton Broker Services
Pure Property Finance